All I'm hearing is that the game itself is succeeding there (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, March 12, 2026, 17:26 (2 hours, 52 minutes ago) @ Coaxkez

I haven't played it myself (as I've said before, it's just not up my alley), but user reviews are good and the player base seem to really enjoy what they've been given. In other words: It looks like it has succeeded at being fun.

The game was reportedly refunded 500 thousand times on steam. The reviews you see are from the players who liked the game from the server slam and bought in. Since steam requires you to have bought the game to leave a review, this is self selecting for the people who knew they were going to buy and like the game.

Look at the metacritic rating, It is 70 critic, 5.6 audience.

I think Marathon has indeed succeeded in being fun… for a very particular kind of audience.